dpkg: serious warning: file list file for package 'package' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed - can't install any packages

[Andrew Farris]

sorry for the double post, but I found a link that might be helpful:

http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/package-database-rebuild.html

I's about rebuilding /var w/o a package database. may be helpful for
your issue...

also, near the end of that page, there was a command that supposedly
re-registered all your packages. i suppose you could try it by itself
before doing anything else drastic:

apt-get -u dselect-upgrade


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Andrew
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